La Parabole du Seum

  • Show
  • Performance
  • Theatre

Rébecca Chaillon

France / Created in 2026 / First time in France

Avertissement This show contains strobe lighting and scenes of a sexual nature. This show contains depictions of fatphobic, queerphobic, racist, Islamophobic, transphobic, sexist and sexual violence.

Halfway between a dystopian tale and a religious poem, La Parabole du Seum attempts to bring together a marginalised community to confront the coming fascism.

La Parabole du Seum, Rébecca Chaillon © Marikel Lahana

Presentation

The starting point of La Parabole du Seum is Fear and the necessity it creates to organise in order to survive it. For her new creation, Rébecca Chaillon –who left her mark on the 2023 edition with her Carte noire nommée désir wanted to bring together performers who live on the margins and who actively engage daily with the future and its (im)possibilities. She moves Heaven and Earth, including her home territory of Seine-Saint-Denis, to open up new horizons, composing a work at once astronomical and astrological which brings together text, performance, visual and sound imagery: a parable of venom and anger which seeks to spark dreams, laughter, empathy, and revolt against the coming fascism.

디스토피아적 우화와 종교적 시의 중간 지점에서, La Parabole du Seum은 다가오는 파시즘에 맞서기 위해 소외된 공동체를 하나로 집결시키고자 한다. 

Distribution

Design and text Rébecca Chaillon
with the participation of
Alexia Alexi, Yanis Boulahia, Solenne Capmas, Céline Champinot, Hassan Gourniz, Loulie Houmed, Camille Léon-Fucien, Living Smile Vidya, Nabila Mekkid, Élisa Monteil, Suzanne Péchenart, Camille Riquier, Julie Teuf

Directed by Rébecca Chaillon, Céline Champinot 
With Yanis Boulahia, Hassan Gourniz, Loulie Houmed, Camille Léon-Fucien, Nabila Mekkid, Julie Teuf, Living Smile Vidy
Scenography creation Camille Riquier  
Sound Élisa Monteil 
Lighting Alexia Alexi, Chloé Roger 
Costume Solenne Capmas 
Creative General Manager and stage Suzanne Péchenart 
Video production and management Élisa Bernard, Boris Carré, Tao Klos et Pauline Millet ( en alternance)
Lighting control Chloé Roger
Sound Technician Élisa Monteil  
Surtitles Lisa Wegener
English translation Amelia Parenteau
Technical support Nicolas Ahssaine
Assistant director trainee Marie Delpit
 Administration, Production and Distribution Élise Bernard, Manon Crochemore, Amandine Loriol  
Production Management and Development Mélanie Charreton / Bureau O.u.r.s.a M.I.n.o.r
A set design production by the Centre for the Pooling of Technical Services and Resources. With the support of the Costume Workshop of the Théâtre National Wallonie Bruxelles

Production

Production Compagnie Dans le ventre 
Coproduction Théâtre Public de Montreuil CDN, Théâtre national Wallonie-Bruxelles, Vienna Festival (Wiener Festwochen) | Free Republic of Vienna (Vienne), Les Nuits de Fourvière festival international de la Métropole de Lyon, Comédie de Genève, Maillon Théâtre de Strasbourg Scène européenne, Dublin Theatre Festival (Dublin), tnba Théâtre national Bordeaux Aquitaine, Le Volcan Scène nationale du Havre, La Criée Théâtre National de Marseille, Le Carreau du Temple établissement culturel et sportif de la Ville de Paris, Théâtre Sorano Scène conventionnée (Toulouse), Festival d’Avignon and as part of the cross-border programme Interreg VI France-Wallonie-Vlaanderen – Emerge, Le Manège Maubeuge Scène nationale transfrontalière, Le Phénix Scène nationale de Valenciennes, Maison de la Culture d’Amiens, Le Théâtre de Namur et Kunstencentrum VierNulVier Gent (Gand). 

Support Pôle international de production et de diffusion – SUN, Théâtre Léo Ferré (Aulnoye-Aymeries), Le Générateur (Gentilly)
Aknowledge Sandra Calderan, Shehrazad Dermé, Róise Goan, Mélanie Martinez-Llense, Mara Teboul, Margault Chavaroche, Léa Ferrez-Lenhard, Marianne Vigneulle et toutes les équipes du Manège Maubeuge - scène nationale transfrontalière, du Théâtre Léo Ferré – Aulnoye-Aymeries, du Théâtre Public de Montreuil - CDN et du Wiener Festwochen pour leurs accompagnements déterminants pendant les résidences de création.
This project was co-produced as part of Prospero NEW European Wave platform (Prospero NEW), co-funded by the European Union’s Creative Europe programme.
The script was commissioned by the Maison de la Culture de Seine-Saint-Denis (MC93) as part of Multitude, the Seine-Saint-Denis Intercultural Biennale.
Rébecca Chaillon is represented by L’Arche - Agence théâtrale. www.arche-editeur.com
La Compagnie dans le Ventre is supported by the Ministry of Culture (Drac Hauts-de-France).

Support for the 80th Festival d'Avignon Villa Albertine (New York), Spedidam

Prospero NEW (New European Wave) builds on the legacy of the Prospero network (founded in 2006) and becomes the first European platform dedicated to artistic emergence in the theatre sector. Supported by the European Commission for an initial four-year period (2025–2028), it brings together 22 key players of the theatre scene (theatres and festivals), with the aim of supporting over 200 European artists through a programme of touring, co-productions, residencies, and mentorship. 

  • Théâtre de Liège – Coordinating Organization (Belgium)

  • Temporada Alta Festival (Spain)

  • Centro Cultural de Belém (Portugal)

  • Ivan Zajc Croatian National Theatre (Croatia)

  • Dublin Theatre Festival (Ireland)

  • Emilia Romagna Teatro Fondazione (Italy)

  • Göteborg Dance and Theatre Festival – Goteborgs Stadsteater (Sweden)

  • Festival d’Avignon (France)

  • Ivan Franko National Academic Drama Theatre (Ukraine)

  • Ivan Vazov National Theatre (Bulgaria)

  • Kaunas National Drama Theatre (Lithuanie)

  • National Theatre Prague (Czech Republic)

  • NTGent (Belgium)

  • Onassis Stegi (Greece)

  • Powszechny Theatre (Poland)

  • Schaubühne Berlin (Germany)

  • Sibiu International Theatre Festival (Romania)

  • Tbilisi International Theatre Festival (Georgia)

  • Wiener Festwochen (Austria)

Go to website Prospero NEW

Practical infos

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Audiovisual

And…

La matinale – 4 July

  • Café des idées
With Julien Gosselin, Kyung-Sung Lee, Rebecca Chaillon et Jaha Koo, Lia Rodrigues

Free entrance